"You can trust me, JC. I know how t'keep my mouth shut," Cooper assures Jean-Claude. He plays things close to the chest as it is. Only Nancy really had any indication of how high the vampire had set his stakes for rising inside Islington. He was laying his cards on the table now and taking an awful risk while doing so. If this blew up in their faces, Jean-Claude's demise could very well spell his own. But that was the chance he had to take.

"If you want to step up for the job, be my guest. I'm no good at being the guy in charge of everyone else. I'm honest enough with myself t'know I'd do a terrible job." He leans forward, eyes glittering brightly now. "But I am good at being in the background. There's always gotta be someone who is the second-in-command 'n keeps the day to day operation runnin'. I can do that well enough. Done it before in a nest before I showed up here."